August 30, 2011

MEETING NOTES:

Members Present:

Hello Friends,
Hope this week has been great for each of you!

Our meeting next Wednesday is filled to capacity! Please take a look at the schedule below. Please note there have been some adjustments (in comparison to the email that was sent in June) due to the needs and timing of initiatives.

August 30, 2011 - Bring your own coffee/tea for the morning :)

8:00-8:45 Your time to prepare, get guest teacher settled, etc.

8:45-9:15 Meet with Bookroom Coordinators only (to discuss bookroom budgets and determine parameters)

9:15-3:15 Meet with Bookroom Coordinators and Literacy Coordinators (Annette is going to keep us on track by being our timekeeper)
  • 9:15-9:25 Introductions
  • 9:25-9:35 Vision of working together for LA
  • 9:35-9:45 Language Arts Budget/Initiatives
  • 9:45-10:00 Choice Literacy Subscriptions
  • 10:00-10:15 Break (visit the professional resource shelves upstairs in 208)
  • 10:15-10:30 Book Study Books (plan/recommendations for the year)
Literacy Initiatives - Subgroup Reports (not sure how long these reports will take)
  • 10:30-12:00 AIMSweb
  • 12:00-12:30 Lunch (we will bring in lunch for this meeting)
  • 12:30-1:30 Word Study/High Frequency Words/SFW Refresher
  • 1:30-2:30 Early Literacy
  • 2:30-3:00 Balanced Literacy Framework
  • 3:00-3:15 Set calendar dates for the year
Next Meeting:
  • Alignment, Alignment, Alignment
  • Assessment Extravaganza
  • Language Arts Course of Study Review - Common Core
  • Anything else...